New York DEC to expand crackdown on Emerald Ash Borer

5:47 PM,
Feb. 5, 2013

Written by

Haley Viccaro
| Albany Bureau

The state plans to propose a new revision to its Emerald Ash Borer quarantine order to add areas south of the state Thruway and east to the state border, DEC Commissioner Joseph Martens announced Tuesday.

The borer is an insect that kills ash trees in entire areas or communities where the insect has become established. The proposed revision would exclude Rockland, Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties as well as New York City.

"DEC will continue its efforts to assist communities and landowners prepare for, mitigate and respond to the impacts of EAB's spread across the state," Martens ...